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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I hide or show items in the Tool Menu?</h1></div>
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    <p>The Tool Menu can be customized by instructors or site administrators to modify the appearance of menu items in the site, including hiding or showing tools to site participants.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Site Info.</h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Site Info</strong> tool from the Tool Menu of your site.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Tool Order.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Hide a tool from site participants.</h2>
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<li>Click the <strong>gear</strong> icon to the right of a visible tool.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Make Tool Invisible to Students</strong>.</li>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Example: Tool Menu with Hidden Tools</h3>
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    <p>Hidden tools display for instructors and site administrators in italics, in light gray, and with an <strong>eyeball with a slash</strong> icon (<strong>Hidden from site members)</strong>.  In the example pictured above, the instructor sees the hidden tool, while students do not.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Using Content in Hidden Tools</h3>
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    <p>To organize activities and make it easier for students or site members to access site content, you can use visible tools in your site, such as <a href="content.hlp?docId=whatisthelessonstool">Lessons</a>, to link to or embed items from hidden tools.</p>
<p>For example, if you hide the Resources tool in your site and upload an article PDF to Resources, you can create a lessons page and use the <strong>Add Content Links</strong> option to link to the article and make it available to students.  You can also embed images on pages using the <a href="content.hlp?docId=whataresomekeyboardshortcutsfortherichtexteditor">Rich Text Editor</a>.  </p>
<p><em><strong>Note:</strong></em></p>
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<li><em>The Tests &amp; Quizzes tool must be visible to make feedback available to students; Tests &amp; Quizzes feedback cannot be accessed via links in other tools.</em></li>
<li><em>The Site Info tool must be visible to use joinable groups; students or site members join groups via the Site Info page.</em></li>
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    <h4 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Example: Image from Hidden Resources Tool Embedded in a Lesson Page</h4>
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    <p>Pictured above is a site's Tool Menu and Overview page, where Resources is hidden. The Overview page includes an embedded image that is stored in <em>Resources</em>.</p>
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    <p>Pictured above is the instructor's view of the Tool Menu with hidden tools and the image file's location in <em>Resources</em>. The instructor has hidden <em>Resources</em> so that students will not be confused about where to find course materials.</p>
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<li>Click the gear icon to the right of a hidden tool.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Make Tool Visible to Students</strong>.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Lock access to a tool.</h2>
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    <p>Tools can be <strong>locked</strong> so students or site members cannot access ANY content in the tool. Locked tools display on the Tool Order page with a <strong>lock</strong> icon <strong>(tool is disabled for normal users</strong>).</p>
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<li>Click the <strong>gear</strong> icon to the right of a tool.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Lock Access to this Tool</strong>.</li>
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